FB-7895 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7895 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Platycephalidae Cociella Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829) Sapateiro crocodilo Krokodil-platkop Krokodille-fladhovedulk Crocodile flathead Flathead Spotted flathead Platycéphale crocodile Inegochi Kka-ji-yang-t'ae 까지양태 Valakka വലക്ക വാളക്ക  Mench मिंच Baji buaya Baji-baji Tixsi gaad Vumbana Eryal Chato cocodrilo Bān tóng yǒng È yǒng Mal beluma Zhǒng yǎn pāo 斑瞳鯒 斑瞳鲬 正顎鯒 正颚鲬 牛尾 眼眶牛尾魚 眼眶牛尾鱼 石鰍 鰐鯒 鱷魚鰍 鳄鲬 點斑鱷牛尾魚 點斑鱷鯒 Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829) Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814) Cociella crocodile (Cuvier, 1829) Cociella crocodiles (Cuvier, 1829) Cociella crocodilla (Tilesius, 1814) Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814) Cociella punctata (non Cuvier, 1829) Cocius crocodila (Tilesius, 1814) Cocius crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814) Inegocia crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814) Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829) Platycephalus crocodila Tilesius, 1814 Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829 Platycephalus crocodilus Tilesius, 1814 Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 Platycephalus inermis Jordan & Evermann, 1902 Platycephalus punctatus (non Cuvier, 1829) 1993-04-21 2018-04-12 Breder, C.M. and D.E. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7895 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Cocro_u7.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Cocro_u7.jpg FB-pic-7895-44271 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg Information Center Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences 2006-04-06 2006-04-07 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7895 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Cocro_u8.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Cocro_u8.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-7895 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-21 00:00:00 2018-04-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7895 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occur from near shore to 100 m depth (Ref. 4315, 11230), on sand or mud bottoms. Larvae and juveniles rarely enter mangrove areas, most especially the lower reaches (Ref. 43081). Knapp, L.W. 1986 Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4315) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7895 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-10 00:00:00 2012-12-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7895 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Brownish with small dark spots on upper body; usually with 4-5 dark brown bands crosses back; spiny dorsal with broad black band near edge and small black spots below, other fins darkly spotted (Ref. 4315). Knapp, L.W. 1986 Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4315) FB-Morphology-7895 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-10 00:00:00 2012-12-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7895 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 11 Knapp, L.W. 1986 Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4315) FB-Distribution-7895 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-21 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7895 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia (Ref. 3476). 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